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profusely for a long period. The soil most suitable i» equal parts of leaf-mould, 

 loam, and sandy peat, having a good drainage. It is readily increased by cut- 

 tings, and deserves a place wherever it can be introduced. 



Potentilla iNsiGNis.- — Specious Cinquefoil. (Bot. Reg. 37.) Roseaceae. 

 Icosandiia Polygynia. Raised from Indian seeds sent to the London Horticul- 

 tural Society. It is a hardy perennial, flowering from June to September. 

 Flowers of a golden-yellow, each about an inch and a half across. 



Salvia hians. — Gaping Sage. (Bot. Reg. 39.) Labiatae. Diandria Mono- 

 gyoia. A very ornamental hardy herbaceous plant, sent from Cashmere. It is 

 a perennial, grows about a foot high, and flowers profusely in May and June. 

 The [tubular part of the flower and upper portion of the labio blue, the lower 

 part of the labio spreading, white, with blue spots. The contrast is very 

 striking. Each blossom is near two inches long. The flowers are produced in 

 lateral clusters. It ought to he in every flower border. 



PLANTS NOTICED BUT NOT FIGURED IN BOTANICAL REGISTER FOR JULY. 



Phlomis simplex. — A herbaceous plant growing about a foot high. Flowers 

 in whorls, of a dull purple, hairy. It is a native of the Himalayas. 



Maxillaria pt.acanthera. — Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. Flowers 

 green, spotted with dark. 



Maxillaria jugosa. — From Brazil. Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. Petals 

 and sepals of a rich cream colour, speckled with crimson. 



Cirrhopetalum Macr.=ei. — From Ceylon. Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. 

 Sepals yellowish-brown, petals purple. 



Eriapulchei.la. — From Sincapore. Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. Flowers 

 in spikes of a dull yellow. 



Mormodes lineatum. — From Guatemala. Flowers olive-green, striped and 

 spotted with brown. 



RossijEa paucifolia. — From Swan River colony. Bloomed with R. Mangles, 

 Esq. Flowers yellow and brown. 



Epidendrum lacsrtinum. — From Guatemala. Bloomed with Mr. Bateman. 

 Sepals and petals bright green, column yellow, lip stained with purple. 



Cypripedium barbatum. — From Sincapore. Flowers white, richly stained 

 with purple and streaked with green veins. Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. 



Ornithogalum divaricatum. — A bulbous plant from California. Bloomed 

 at the garden of the London Horticultural Society. Flower stem two feet high; 

 flowers white, with green stripes heneath. 



Helleborus Orientalis. — It is probably hardy, very different from the 

 H. niger, Christmas Rose. Fiowers large, blush, upon a leaiy stem. 



Hellf.bouus Oi.ympicus. — Flowers groen. Bloomed in the garden of the 

 London Horticultural Society. 



Eria poi.yura. From Manilla. Flowers small, white, with a deen crimson 

 lip. 



Saccoi.abiusi Blumei. From Java. Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. Flowers 

 white and red, with a bright violet streak. Lip deeply stained with violet, having 

 a white tip. 



Aerides Brookerii. — The most superior species yet bloomed in this country. 

 It has lately flowered in the collection of Sir R. Brooke, Bart., uf Norton Priory. 

 Flowers large, white ; lip white, tipped with rose. 



Phii.adelphus Mexicancs. — A new hardy shrub from Mexico. Grows about 

 a foot high. Flowers cream-coloured, delightfully fragrant. It is likely to be 

 a favourite plant for forcing. 



